Early on this morning five Little Gulls were in the Deep Pit. They soon left, but later on another group of nine Little Gulls flew straight through the Deep Pit. There were up to three Swallows by the railway bridge as well as one House Martin and several Sand Martins. The Red-crested Pochard was also still in the Deep Pit and two Great White Egrets flew over. JV. PS. MC.
Tag Archives: Swallow
Raven – 8th October
There are still a few Swallows and Skylarks passing over. A great White Egret and a Little Egret spent some time fishing in the Ouse Dyke and two Egyptian Geese flew through. Blackcap and Chiffchaff are still about and two Ravens spiralled up on a thermal. PS.
Ravens – Pete Smith.
Great White Egret – 11th September
This morning large numbers of Hirundines, mostly Swallows, were feeding low over the water bodies. A small number of winter ducks have already arrived, including Shoveler, Wigeon and Teal and a Great White Egret payed a brief visit. PS.
Cattle Egret – 9th April
This morning there were plenty of hirundines about and Willow, Sedge and Reed Warblers singing. In mid-morning seven Cattle Egrets flew north, along the river and then crossed the pylon path and returned whence they came except for one that landed in a riverside ash tree, where Black-headed Gulls proceeded to mob it. It then flew over the power lines and into a Deep Pit willow, where it stayed. PS.
Cattle Egrets – Neil Hodgkinson
Cattle Egret – Peter Smith
In the evening four House Martins were seen near the railway bridge. MC.
Little Gull – 6th April
This morning there were five Willow Warblers singing and a Swallow was seen with four Sand Martins. There was also a report of a Scaup. PD.
Later a 1st summer Little Gull was flying over the Slurry Lagoon and Deep Pit. MC.
Little Gull – Miles Cluff
Bittern – 28th September
This morning two Bitterns were seen flying about the Slurry Lagoon. There was a slow passage of Swallows until late morning, when about fifty arrived to feed over the Slurry Lagoon. There were also three small groups of Common Snipe seen to fly around the site. PS.
In the late morning a Raven was seen on a pylon, a Hobby followed the Swallows and a Whinchat was found on the Ecopark. IEP.
Hobby – 24th September
This morning a Hobby was seen over the Slurry Lagoon. There was also a light passage of Swallows and House Martins and two Wigeon flew in. There were some large flocks of small birds containing Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps. PS
Bittern – 13th September
This morning a Bittern was seen, sunning itself in the Deep Pit reed-bed. There were still Swallows and House Martins passing through on passage and good numbers of Chiffchaffs were heard and seen. Two Siskins were in a tree on the NE corner of the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
Water Rail – 3rd September
This morning there were five Wigeon on the Slurry Lagoon. Up to 36 Shoveler were also there and about forty Swallows passed to the south in small family groups. A Water Rail dashed across the gap in front of the Causeway benches and two others were heard. There were still two Common Terns on the Deep Pit and large flocks of warblers, mostly Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, were about. PS.
Wheatear – 27th August
This morning a single and later a pair of Yellow Wagtails flew over the site towards the south. On the Causeway path a Wheatear was foraging for food and a flock of hirundines, including at least 20 House Martins, was feeding overhead. From time to time a group of Swallows or Sand Martins would join them before moving on south. Later fourteen Shoveler flew in and settled on the Slurry Lagoon. PS.
Wheatear. PS.